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Strickler Planetarium Olivet Nazarene University One University Avenue Bourbonnais, IL 60914 http://strickler.olivet.edu +1 815 939 5395 office +1 815 939 5071 fax +1 815 939 5308 info |
Opened 1967 UNIV/COLLEGE PUBLIC SHOWS 
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9.1m dome, installed 1970 Capacity 70, concentric; annual attendance: 7,000  Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 SP2 HD, installed 2008 |
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Stephen Case, Asst. Professor/Plt. Director
(815) 939-5681
Tina M. Bruner, Secretary/Scheduling |
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William M.Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College 2400 West Bradley Avenue Champaign, IL 61821-1806 http://www2.parkland.edu/planetarium +1 217 351 2568 plt office +1 217 351 2581 coll. fax +1 217 351 2446 show info |
Opened 1987 UNIV/COLLEGE PUBLIC SHOWS GIFT SHOP
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15.2m dome, installed 1987 Capacity 144; annual attendance: 39,000 Zeiss M-1015, installed 1987 Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2010 |
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Concentric seats with epicentric southern region.
No laser, but doing light shows (very popular).
Small gift shop. |
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Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light
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David C. Leake, Planetarium Coordinator
(217) 351-2567
Waylena McCully, Production Designer (217) 403-4596 Carolyn Martin, Operations Assistant Timothy L. Hutchcraft |
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Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum 1300 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60618 www.adlerplanetarium.org +1 312 922 7827 reception +1 312 322 2257 fax +1 312 322 0590 box office |
Opened 1930 Total attendance: 578,000 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS GIFT SHOP
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21.3m Spitz NanoSeam dome, installed 2011 Capacity 175, epicentric; attendance: 300,000 (2011)  Global Immersion Zorro 8k, installed 201116.5m 15° tilt Astro-Tec dome, installed 1998 Capacity 192, epicentric; attendance: 200,000 (2011)  Sky-Skan definiti, installed 20084.9m Science First / STARLAB dome, installed 1988 Capacity 30, portable Science First / STARLAB Starlab, installed 1988 5m Viewlex dome, installed 1981 Capacity 30, portable Viewlex Apollo Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 SP, installed 20044.6m Atwood Sphere dome, installed 1913 Capacity 10; attendance: 75,000 (2005) 5m Avela Go-Dome dome, installed 2007 Capacity 30, portable; attendance: 3,000 (2011)  e-Planetarium Newtonian-1, installed 2008 |
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Open 363 days per year. More than 7000 dome programs are presented annually.
The Definiti Space Theater (formerly StarRider): first fulldome real-time
planetarium open to the public. The Grainger Sky Theater: first dome to
combine ultra high contrast with 8k+ resolution digital projection. |
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Dr. Paul H. Knappenberger, President
Molly O'Connell, Director of Public Relations (312) 322-0524 Geza Gyuk, Director of Astronomy Susan Wagner, Director of Education Susan Harrison, Director, Exhibits/Theaters Marvin Bolt, Director, History of Astronomy Mark Raimo Paternostro, Art Director-Producer (312) 322-0309 Marguerite Dawson, Human Resources Manager Mark Webb, Theaters Manager (312) 322-0826 Beth Azuma, Manager, Special Initiatives (312) 322-0515 Payal Gandhi, Showkit Coordinator (312) 322-0301 Larry Ciupik, Astronomer |
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Planetarium McHenry County College 8900 US Highway 14 Crystal Lake, IL 60012 +1 815 455 8698 office |
Opened 2008 UNIV/COLLEGE
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6m dome, installed 2008 Capacity 30  Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2008GOTO INC E-5 |
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Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING
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Paul Hamill
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Elgin Observatory/Planetarium School District U-46 312 Watch Street Elgin, IL 60120-6500 http://u-46.org/cdps/cditem.cfm?NID=394 +1 847 888 5324 +1 847 888 9630 fax |
Opened 1963 SCHOOL/DIST PUBLIC SHOWS
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7.3m Spitz dome, installed 1963 Capacity 55, concentric; attendance: 18,000 (2011) Spitz A3P, installed 1963 Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2011 |
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Peggy Hernandez, Planetarium Coordinator
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Dome3D LLC 391 North Emroy Elmhurst, IL 60126 www.dome3d.com +1 630 660 8239 direct +1 888 851 4642 toll free |
Opened 2010 PRIVATE/COMML
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6.5m Elumenati OpenDome Theater dome, installed 2011 Capacity 25, portable Custom Christie 1280 DX, installed 2011 |
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Dome3D is a fulldome content producer, technology consultant and reseller of
Digistar 4 Outreach and Elumenati OpenDome Theater. Our in-house dome
is used for educational, commercial, entertainment and production purposes,
as well as conferences and mobile marketing. |
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Matthew Mascheri, President
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Cynthia W Mitchell Planetarium Jacksonville High School 1211 North Diamond Street Jacksonville, IL 62650 +1 217 243 4384 |
Opened 2010 SCHOOL/DIST
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6m dome, installed 2010 Capacity 25 Digitalis Digitarium Epsilon, installed 2010 |
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John Lawless
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Planetarium Lakeview Museum/Arts & Science 1125 West Lake Avenue Peoria, IL 61614-5985 www.lakeview-museum.org +1 309 686 7000x125 plt. off. +1 309 686 0280 fax +1 309 686 NOVA sky/show # |
Opened 1963 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS GIFT SHOP
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10m Spitz dome, installed 1977 Capacity 79, epicentric; attendance: 20,830 (2005)  Zeiss SPACEGATE QUINTO, installed 2006Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2007 Elumenati Geodome dome, installed 2010 portable  Elumenati OmniFocus SX-6, installed 2010 |
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Custom automation, SPICE video automation with 3 projectors, 4 disk, 3 SVHS,
2 DVD and 1 MPEG players. Home of the world's largest model of the Solar
System spanning 60 miles with comets on 6 continents. Every July hosting
the Interplanetary Bicycle Ride. |
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Our fulldome shows: HUBBLE Vision 2, Seasonal STARGAZING
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Dave Grebner, Educator/Producer
ext. 132
Nick Rae, Museum Educator ext. 131 Georgia C. Neff, Retired ext. 25 Sheldon Leonard Schafer, VP of Education , ext. 145 |
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Rockford Planetarium Discovery Center Museum 711 North Main Street Rockford, IL 61103-6999 www.discoverycentermuseum.org +1 815 963 6769 +1 815 968 0164 fax |
Opened 1974 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS
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4.2m dome, installed 1995 Capacity 50 GOTO INC E-5, installed 1995  Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 20104.9m Science First / STARLAB dome Capacity 30, portable Science First / STARLAB Starlab |
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Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING
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Sue Hudson, Planetarium Operator
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Pam Appino |
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L. S. Knoblitt Planetarium Columbus East High School 230 South Marr Road Columbus, IN 47201-7267 +1 812 376 4350 |
Opened 1973 SCHOOL/DIST
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9.1m dome, installed 1971 Capacity 72, concentric GOTO INC VENUS, installed 1971 Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2010 |
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Spice automation, video. |
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Our fulldome shows: HUBBLE Vision 2, Seasonal STARGAZING
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Bob Kasting, Science Dept. Chair
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Planetarium ETHOS Inc 1127 Miles Avenue Elkhart, IN 46514 www.ethosinc.org +1 574 266 7149 +1 574 264 3021 fax +1 888 724 4386 toll-free |
Opened 2008 PRIVATE/COMML
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4.9m Science First / STARLAB dome Capacity 25, portable Science First / STARLAB Starlab 5m Avela Go-Dome dome, installed 2008 Capacity 30, portable e-Planetarium Newtonian, installed 2008 |
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Planetarium Science Central 1950 North Clinton Street Fort Wayne, IN 46805 www.sciencecentral.org +1 260 424 2400 |
Opened 2008 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
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4.9m Science First / STARLAB dome Capacity 25, portable Science First / STARLAB Starlab  Science First / STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2008 |
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Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING
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Lou Papai, Education Director
(260) 424-2400x442
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Challenger Learning Ctr. of NW Indiana, c/o Purdue University Calumet, 2300 173rd Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094 www.clcnwi.com +1 219 989 3255 +1 219 989 3256 fax |
Opened 2002 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
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8.2m Konica Minolta dome Capacity 32 Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2009 |
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Our fulldome shows: Sky Quest, Seasonal STARGAZING
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Amanda Maynard, Executive Director
Amy Bertalan Maureen Sammon Karen Kovach |
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Planetarium, Northwest Indiana Educ. Service Center 2941 41st Street Highland, IN 46322-2733 www.nwiesc.k12.in.us +1 219 838 1100 +1 219 838 2790 fax |
SCHOOL/DIST
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4.9m Science First / STARLAB dome Capacity 30, portable Science First / STARLAB Starlab 5m Digitalis dome, installed 2006 Capacity 30, portable Digitalis Digitarium Alpha, installed 2006 |
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David Sell, Science Teacher
Roberta Kepler |
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SpaceQuest Planetarium, The Children's Museum/Indianapolis 3000 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46208-4716 www.childrensmuseum.org +1 317 334 3322 +1 317 921 4019 fax |
Opened 1989 MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS GIFT SHOP
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12.2m dome, installed 1989 Capacity 130, concentric; annual attendance: 150,000 Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 SP2 HD, installed 2009 |
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Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light
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Deb Lawson, Planetarium Supervisor
(317) 334-4110
Michael Fulk, Lead Systems Programmer (317) 334-3311 |
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Merrillville Comm. Planetarium Merrillville Comm. School Corp 199 East 70th Avenue Merrillville, IN 46410-3615 www.mcpstars.org +1 219 650 5486 plt. voice +1 219 650 5483 school fax +1 219 650 5308 school ofc |
Opened 1973 SCHOOL/DIST PUBLIC SHOWS GIFT SHOP
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9.1m Spitz dome, installed 1973 Capacity 64, epicentric Sky-Skan definiti, installed 2006 |
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The MCP presents programs to Merrillville classes, outside groups, and the
public. We have a SPICE automation system, video capability, rooftop
observation deck, gift shop, waiting area, and production facilities. |
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Gregg L. Williams, Planetarium Director
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P-H-M Digital Video Theater Bittersweet Elementary School 55860 Bittersweet Road Mishawaka, IN 46545-7719 www.phm.k12.in.us/planetarium +1 574 258 9569 |
Opened 1980 SCHOOL/DIST PUBLIC SHOWS
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9.1m dome, installed 1981 Capacity 83, concentric Konica Minolta S-IIB, installed 1981 Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4 SP2HD, installed 2011 |
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Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light
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Art Klinger, Planetarium Coordinator
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Digital Visualization Theater University of Notre Dame 148 Jordan Hall of Science Notre Dame, IN 46556 http://science.nd.edu/jordan +1 574 631 5000 |
Opened 2006 UNIV/COLLEGE
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15.3m dome, installed 2006 Capacity 150, epicentric Sky-Skan definiti, installed 2006 |
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Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light
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Keith W. Davis, Director
(574) 631-3952
John Slaughter, Technician Terry Rettig Dr. Philip J. Sakimoto (574) 631-6466 |
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Planetarium Rushville Elementary School 400 West 16th Street Rushville, IN 46173 +1 765 932 2961 |
Opened 2008 SCHOOL/DIST
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5m dome, installed 2008 Capacity 30, portable Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2008 |
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Our fulldome shows: The Cowboy Astronomer
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Marvin Kuhn
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Portable Planetarium Havens Foundation 10401 Blake Road Wadesville, IN 47638 +1 812 963 3699 |
PRIVATE/COMML
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6m Avela dome, installed 2006 Capacity 45, portable e-Planetarium Newtonian-2, installed 2011 |
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Our fulldome shows: HUBBLE Vision 2
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James H. Havens
(812) 457-2097
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